The '''MATE Desktop Environment''' is a fork of GNOME 2 that aims to provide an attractive and intuitive desktop to Linux users using traditional metaphors. For more information, see [https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=121162 this forum thread.]

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The '''MATE Desktop Environment''' is a fork of GNOME 2 that aims to provide an attractive and intuitive desktop to Linux users using traditional layouts and methods. For more information, see [https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=121162 this forum thread.]

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Please see [[Evolution#Using_Evolution_Outside_Of_Gnome]].

Please see [[Evolution#Using_Evolution_Outside_Of_Gnome]].

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=== GTK3 Applications Not Properly Styled ===

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If you notice that applications such as [[Rhythmbox]] do not have styling applied to them, try [https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/clearlooks-phenix-gtk-theme-git/ Clearlooks Phenix] theme.

The MATE Desktop Environment is a fork of GNOME 2 that aims to provide an attractive and intuitive desktop to Linux users using traditional layouts and methods. For more information, see this forum thread.

MATE Display Manager

The MATE Display Manager (MDM) is the MATE desktop's counterpart to the GNOME Display Manager (GDM). It's package 'mate-display-manager' has been found in the mate-extra group or in the AUR package mate-display-managerAUR. It has worked relatively the same as GDM does/did; unfortunately, the subproject is currently in flux, and MDM is not now (2012/07/01) available.

In order to be able to launch MATE from KDM, the KDE Display Manager, you have to edit the KDM configuration.
As root, edit the /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc configuration file. Find the SessionsDir parameter and add /usr/share/xsessions to the list.
It should then look like this:

Just fоllow the SLIM tutorial to know how to install and how to copy and use the .xinitrc file. And just add this line to the .xinitrc file :

exec mate-session

Applications

It is important to note that many GNOME core applications are rebranded for MATE, as per the licensing terms. Here is a simple Rosetta Stone of GNOME -> MATE applications.

Nautilus is renamed Caja

Metacity is renamed Marco

Gconf is renamed Mate-conf

Gedit is renamed Pluma

Eye of GNOME is renamed Eye of MATE

Evince is renamed Atril

File Roller is renamed Engrampa

GNOME Terminal is renamed MATE Terminal

Other applications and core components prefixed with GNOME (such as GNOME Panel, GNOME Menus etc) have simply had the prefix renamed "MATE" and become MATE Panel and MATE Menus.

Not all of the GNOME extra applications (built for GTK2) have been forked yet. The following extra applications are available in MATE:

Totem (mate-video-player)

GNOME Panel applets (mate-applets)

If you are using NetworkManager to connect to the internet, you can install network-manager-applet-gtk2AUR from the AUR for a GTK2 nm-applet. You will need to modify the PKGBUILD to depend on mate-bluetooth rather than gnome-bluetooth to prevent a recursive dependency on gnome-desktop.

Known issues

Qt Applications are not styled

You may find that Qt4 applications are not inheriting the GTK2 theme like they should. This can be fixed easily by running qtconfig and setting GTK+ as GUI style under System ⇒ Preferences ⇒ QT4 Settings.